Bicycles and cigarettes artistic A assignment

Dr. Martin
I had the Artistic A assignment. My computer would not upload the image i drew and i could not figure out how to get the image on the blog. I will have to give you the image tomorow. My apologies.
Sincerely,
Pat Barrett

Bicycles, Muscles, Cigarettes

1. 
   
   Father receives word that his son is in trouble (Physical place). Hamilton wants his wife to go in his stead, but decides to go anyways. To me this shows that he cares about his son and wants to be more involved in what his son does. (Emotional)


2. 
   
   All of the parents meet (Physical) and we see that Hamilton sticks up for his son during the whole discussion. Again we see that Hamilton wants to be more involved in his son’s life. (Emotional)


3. 
   
   Hamilton gets into a fight with Berman (Physical). This is an example of how the relationship between the father and the son gets even closer. The father defends his son when Gary Berman’s dad says that Hamilton looks like a jerk. (Emotional)


4. 
   
   On pg. 30 the son shows concern for his father when he says, “But what if he’d picked up a knife, Dad? Or a club?” (Physical) The son shows great concern for his father because he loves his father and does not want anything to happen to him. (Emotional)


5. 
   
   In the very last part of the story it says, “Hamilton left the door open, and then he thought better of it, and closed it halfway.” (Physical) This last sentence raised questions by the group. What was he trying to say? We believe that this is Hamilton, while trying to show interest in his son’s life, is also disconnected with him because he wants to be.

A letter to main character

Dear Evan Hamilton,
I think that you need to work on your relationship with your son. I know that you think you are doing him a favor, making him more manly by pulling away, but really, he is reaching out to you and you’re just pulling farther and farther away from him. I don’t understand why you closed the door half way on him? Why pull farther away from your son? I think you need to find the balance of giving your son space to grow and being there for him when all he wants to do is get to know you. I know that you want to be a good role model for your son, but how can you be when you do not know anything about his social life and the kids he hangs out with. Was getting into a fight with Mr. Berman your best solution? You really upset Roger by the fight. Is that the kind of father you want to be known by, not only by your son, but also by your son’s friends? Roger ruined a child’s bike and you’re surprised? He doesn’t have you acting as a good role model for him. Do you really want the same relationship you had with your Dad, that you are now recreating with your son? Your son just wants to know and love you and you are too afraid, too busy to let him in. Try not to be so hard on him.